pollution
Spending Time Around Traffic Is Literally Destroying Your Brain
New research finds a marked increase in dementia among those living by busy roadways.
The Olympics Are Going to Be a Literal Shitshow
"Levels of sewage that have been released into the environment in Rio is so high that the likelihood of infection is imminent."
The Thai Village Where Widespread Lead Poisoning Has Destroyed Lives
Two decades after a mining operation dumped its wastewater into the river that Lower Klity Creek residents depend on for drinking a fishing, villagers are still grappling with the horrific consequences.
Rasel Chowdhury Photographs the Dying River of Dhaka
He wants to keep track of how pollution is destroying Bangladesh.
Pollution Is Making Polar Bears’ Dicks Snap in Half
First the ice caps start melting, now this. Why does evolution hate polar bears so much?
Photographs of China's 'Cancer Villages'
"These are entire villages where every other house contains someone dying of cancer or some sort of respiratory problem," says photojournalist Souvid Datta.
We're Still Not Even Close to Saving the Planet After the Largest Climate Summit Ever
Global elites are still hesitant to go all-in on averting disaster.
Japan Has a Dangerous Fetish for Packaging
I asked an expert why such an eco-friendly country insists on over-packaging its products.
The Plastic Microbeads in Your Body Wash Are Fucking up the Great Lakes
Buy different soap and save the earth.
Hell Will Freeze Over Before Chevron Pays for Pollution
Chevron is using a mafia law to silence Ecuadorian villagers.